A vessel without a pilot: Bodily and affective experience in the Cotard delusion of inexistence

The initial cause of Cotard delusion is pervasive dyshomeostasis (dysregulation basic bodily function).This explanation draws on interoceptive active inference account self-representation. In this framework, the self an hierarchical predictive model made by brain to facilitate homeostatic regulation. I provide alternative two factor accounts that treat depersonalisation experience as first in genesis delusion. argue and are produced different breakdowns process self-modelling.